Donald Trump may be in Europe, but his White House is making up for all the insane, ridiculous reactions he isn’t here to make regarding the Russian indictments that Special Counsel Robert Mueller made today.

After word got out that 12 Russian intel officers have been charged with hacking the Democratic National Committee as well as the Clinton campaign, Trump’s team has clearly been freaking out. It’s been reported that the Russians had been communicating with someone in “regular contact with senior members of the presidential campaign of Donald J Trump,” setting off major red flags.

Trump may not be here to respond, deny, or declare everything as “fake news,” but his administration certainly is. The White House has issued a response to the indictments, and it’s so disturbing we almost have a hard time believing this is actually happening. In part of the White House’s statement, the administration clings onto the part where the Department of Justice stated:

There is no allegation in this indictment that any American citizen committed a crime. There is no allegation that the conspiracy altered the vote count or changed any election result.”

However, that’s not even the worst part. The White House is calling the hacking, which has now been confirmed as a fact as per Mueller’s investigation, “alleged.” This is right in line with Trump’s continuous refusal to stand with America’s intelligence agencies on the evidence of Russian meddling — even when it’s been proven.

New York Times’ Maggie Haberman reported the response from the White House:

This statement states a conspiracy as fact. But the hacking are “alleged.” Hard to know what’s intentional versus just a poorly written statement, but the net effect is the same. https://t.co/N3wGJofjG4